Zambia Aims for New IMF Pact to Anchor Economic Growth
11/02/2026Zambia has formally requested a new IMF programme on the backdrop of its most recent $1.7 billion IMF Extended Credit Facility (ECF), which ended in January 2026. An IMF.
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AU Executive Council Opens 48th Session on Unity and Water Security
11/02/2026The African Union’s Executive Council has opened its Forty-Eighth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa with renewed calls for continental unity, sustainable water management and accelerated integration, as foreign ministers from.
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What Egypt’s $1 Billion Red Sea Project Signals
10/02/2026Egypt’s announcement of a $1 billion marina, hotel and urban development on the Red Sea marks a renewed leap in its long-standing economic diversification agenda. The initiative, centred on the.
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Angola Eyes De Beers Stake in Continental Diamond Play
09/02/2026Angola is set to acquire a 20–30 per cent stake in the global diamond company, De Beers. This is a tactical investment and a long-game play for influence, value retention,.
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Water, Security and Strategy: What to Expect from the AU’s 39th Summit
09/02/2026In a matter of days, African leaders will converge on Addis Ababa at a moment of uncommon pressure and expectation. From deepening climate stress and protracted conflicts to fragile growth.
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Matekane, Nandi-Ndaitwah, Kikwete, Bagbin, others to Headline African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Ceremony in Accra
05/02/2026The Prime Minister of Lesotho, Samuel Matekane, the President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, and the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, who also serves as Chairman.
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Understanding Ghana’s New CPI Data: A Test of Policy and a Blueprint for Growth
05/02/2026Ghana’s latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics for January 2026 mark a watershed moment in the country’s recent economic trajectory. The headline inflation rate eased to 3.8 per cent year-on-year,.
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AGOA Extended by One Year: What It Means for African Trade
04/02/2026U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), signalling a short-term preservation of duty-free access for eligible Sub-Saharan African exports to.
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Non-Oil Output in Egypt Rises for Third Month as Demand Moderates
03/02/2026Egypt’s non-oil private sector maintained its expansionary trend in January 2026, recording growth for the third consecutive month, according to the latest S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). While overall.
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Algeria’s Strategy to Become Major Iron Ore Producer
03/02/2026Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune recently inaugurated the 950-kilometre Béchar–Tindouf–Gara Djebilet railway, which flagged off the first freight train carrying iron ore from the Gara Djebilet mine. The inaugural rail.
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